diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
index 655609300ad9b..abe29277056b8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public function accept(ValidationVisitorInterface $visitor, $value, $group, $pro
             }
 
             foreach ($groups as $group) {
-                $this->accept($visitor, $value, $group, $propertyPath, Constraint::DEFAULT_GROUP);
+                $this->accept($visitor, $value, $group, $propertyPath, ($this->defaultGroup === $group) ? Constraint::DEFAULT_GROUP : null);
 
                 if (count($visitor->getViolations()) > 0) {
                     break;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidationVisitorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidationVisitorTest.php
index 2fe4395c2d2ac..4573944a34f31 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidationVisitorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidationVisitorTest.php
@@ -203,6 +203,38 @@ public function testValidateInGroupSequencePropagatesDefaultGroup()
         $this->assertEquals($violations, $this->visitor->getViolations());
     }
 
+    public function testValidateInGroupSequenceCascadeWithExplicitGroup()
+    {
+        $entity = new Entity();
+        $entity->reference = new Reference();
+
+        $this->metadata->addPropertyConstraint('reference', new Valid());
+        $this->metadata->setGroupSequence(array($this->metadata->getDefaultGroup(), 'Reference'));
+
+        $referenceMetadata = new ClassMetadata(get_class($entity->reference));
+        $referenceMetadata->addConstraint(new FailingConstraint(array(
+            'groups' => 'Reference',
+        )));
+        $this->metadataFactory->addMetadata($referenceMetadata);
+
+        $this->visitor->validate($entity, 'Default', '');
+
+        // The validation of the reference's FailingConstraint in group
+        // "Reference" was launched
+        $violations = new ConstraintViolationList(array(
+            new ConstraintViolation(
+                'Failed',
+                'Failed',
+                array(),
+                'Root',
+                'reference',
+                $entity->reference
+            ),
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($violations, $this->visitor->getViolations());
+    }
+
     public function testValidateInOtherGroupTraversesNoGroupSequence()
     {
         $entity = new Entity();
@@ -217,7 +249,7 @@ public function testValidateInOtherGroupTraversesNoGroupSequence()
 
         $this->visitor->validate($entity, $this->metadata->getDefaultGroup(), '');
 
-        // Only group "Second" was validated
+        // Only group "Entity" was validated
         $violations = new ConstraintViolationList(array(
             new ConstraintViolation(
                 'Failed',